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title: Why does the Rat get «rather muddled» about learn and teach? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Rat get «rather muddled» about learn and teach? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

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Why does the Rat get «rather muddled» about learn and teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** get, muddle, learn, teach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t8:1
# text = Why does the Rat get «rather muddled» about learn and teach?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	muddled	muddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **muddle** *in a quote* | participle | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **learn** | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He had never learned to read properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t8:o1:1
# text = He had never learned to read properly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Badger insists so firmly that Rat starts to doubt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t8:o2:1
# text = Badger insists so firmly that Rat starts to doubt
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insists	insist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | Badger |  |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **start** | present | Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Rat was thinking about the banquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t8:o3:1
# text = The Rat was thinking about the banquet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the Rat |  |  |  |  | about the banquet | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about banquet=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Badger insists so firmly that Rat starts to doubt, and then Toad joins in to tease him about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t8:o4:1
# text = Badger insists so firmly that Rat starts to doubt, and then Toad joins in to tease him about it
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insists	insist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	tease	tease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | Badger |  |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **start** | present | Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **doubt** | to-infinitive | Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **join in** | present | Toad |  |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **tease** | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | Toad |  |  |  | about it | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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